8 Mile

2002 · 1h 51m · 7.1

Drama, Music

For Jimmy Smith, Jr., life is a daily fight just to keep hope alive. Feeding his dreams in Detroit's vibrant music scene, Jimmy wages an extraordinary personal struggle to find his own voice - and earn a place in a world where rhymes rule, legends are born and every moment… is another chance.

Curtis Hanson

Eminem, Kim Basinger, Mekhi Phifer, Brittany Murphy, Evan Jones, Omar Benson Miller, De'Angelo Wilson, Eugene Byrd, Taryn Manning, Larry Hudson

individual, adolescence, rap music, hip-hop, rhyme battle, trailer park, street gang, ethnic stereotype, rapper, ghetto, single, detroit, michigan, semi autobiographical, 1990s, battle rap